How to Use shell out in a Sentence
shell out
verb
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Who wants to have to shell out more cash just to go to work?
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Joel Mathis,
The Week,
20 Apr. 2022
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Don’t want to shell out for the haute phalangeal footwear?
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Liana Satenstein,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2021
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Strain the shells out of the water, then water the garden.
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Stacey Leasca,
Southern Living,
7 May 2024
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But expect to shell out a $100 or more for an MLB game.
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Hanh Truong,
Sacramento Bee,
5 Apr. 2024
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The public office shelled out $9,200 a month in rent for that site.
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Martin E. Comas,
Orlando Sentinel,
21 Mar. 2023
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That can certainly take some of the sting from shelling out for a $80 PPV.
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Sponsored Content,
The Mercury News,
8 Mar. 2024
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On the one hand, no business wants to shell out $5,000 per customer just for the heck of it.
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Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes,
5 June 2021
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Though the election is more than a year away, donors are already shelling out.
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Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
26 July 2023
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Others will shell out for the chance to ski on untouched snow, or to take lessons with Olympians.
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Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
22 Dec. 2022
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Most patients opt for a two- or three-night stay, though some shell out for a month or more.
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Elizabeth Siegel,
Allure,
19 Apr. 2022
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And the buyer who shelled out $52 million for Penthouse A?
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Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
23 Aug. 2023
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Would the Bulls even want to shell out a lot of money for a backup center?
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Jason Patt,
Forbes,
13 June 2022
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Those customers will have to shell out for it, though, given the CR-V Hybrid sits at the top of the range.
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Beth Nichols,
Car and Driver,
26 Jan. 2022
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Here are the taco deals metro Detroit spots are shelling out on Tuesday.
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Susan Selasky,
Detroit Free Press,
1 Oct. 2024
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And buyers will have to shell out more cash than last year for a brand new Pixel 6.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
19 Aug. 2021
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Graf said the district had to shell out $900 a piece for new converters.
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Jacob Beltran,
San Antonio Express-News,
11 June 2021
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Will one of you pay for flights while the other shells out the money for lodging?
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Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Jan. 2024
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That means her children have to cut back their work hours or shell out for a sitter.
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Karen Kaplan,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Nov. 2022
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Of course, not everyone wants to shell out big bucks for the new MacBook Pro.
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Maren Estrada,
BGR,
25 Nov. 2021
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How much each age group shells out over the holidays remains to be seen.
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Harriet Baskas,
NBC News,
19 Nov. 2023
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Mere mortals will have to wait and get their hands on one in the secondary and expect to shell out a rather hefty sum.
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Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
11 Dec. 2021
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So why would anyone shell out $2,550 for a Fendi puffer?
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Jacob Gallagher,
WSJ,
23 Nov. 2021
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Walmart is shelling out $2.3 billion to buy Vizio, the TV maker.
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David Meyer,
Fortune,
20 Feb. 2024
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The even better news is fans won’t need to shell out subscription fees.
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Sam Cohn,
Baltimore Sun,
12 July 2024
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There are a handful of actors who would do it, and older gay men would shell out.
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Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
26 Oct. 2023
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That means higher prices down the line for consumers, who will shell out more to fill up on their chocolate treats.
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Nicole Goodkind,
CNN,
13 Feb. 2024
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The charge creates pressure behind the shell, which then pushes the shell out of the barrel and downrange to the target.
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Kyle Mizokami,
Popular Mechanics,
12 Aug. 2022
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Businesses say that’s forced them to shell out even when the charges are disputed.
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John Francis Peters,
ProPublica,
16 June 2022
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Democrats are shelling out millions of dollars in advertisements to praise their work with him or his policies.
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Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
29 Oct. 2024
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That's below the national average, where around 13% of U.S. homeowners are shelling out that kind of cash.
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Jason Clayworth,
Axios,
17 Oct. 2024
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